The Key to Life: In 365 Quotes

1. “Make your life a work of art.”
   Abraham Joshua Heschel
   Make your life a work of art.



2. “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.”
   Abraham Lincoln
   Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.



3. “It's never too late to be what you might have been.”
   Adelaide Anne Procter
   It's never too late to be what you might have been.



4. “There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.”
   Ahmad Sohrab
   There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.



5. “We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.”
   Alan Moore
   We're all puppets, Laurie. I'm just a puppet who can see the strings.



6. “Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.”
   Alan Watts
   Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.



7. “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
   Albert Camus
   Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.



8. “I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment; it takes place every day.”
   Albert Camus
   I shall tell you a great secret my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment; it takes place every day.



9. “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
   Albert Camus
   In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.



10. “The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty and truth.”
    Albert Einstein
    The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with joy are goodness, beauty and truth.



11. “There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool would continue. The truth is; I've always been a fool.”
    Albert Finney
    There's a time when a man needs to fight, and a time when he needs to accept that his destiny is lost, that the ship has sailed, and that only a fool would continue. The truth is; I've always been a fool.



12. “It is a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.”
    Aldous Huxley
    It is a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give to people is to be a little kinder to each other.



13. “Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    Let the lie come into the world, let it even triumph. But not through me.



14. “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.



15. “Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.



16. “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?



17. “Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.”
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.



18. “It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”
    Alfred Adler
    It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.



19. “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.



20. “A library is a hospital for the mind.”
    Alvin Toffler
    A library is a hospital for the mind.



21. “Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.”
    André Gide
    Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.



22. “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    André Gide
    It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.



23. “We thought: we're poor, we have nothing, but when we started losing one after the other so each day became remembrance day, we started composing poems about God's great generosity and our former riches.”
    Anna Akhmatova
    We thought: we're poor, we have nothing, but when we started losing one after the other so each day became remembrance day, we started composing poems about God's great generosity and our former riches.



24. “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.”
    Anne Thackeray Ritchie
    Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.



25. “He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.”
    Aristotle
    He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.



26. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
    Arleen Lorrance
    Be the change you wish to see in the world.



27. “Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.



28. “The life of an individual is almost always tragic, but gone through in detail it has the characteristics of a comedy.”
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    The life of an individual is almost always tragic, but gone through in detail it has the characteristics of a comedy.



29. “The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
    Ayn Rand
    The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.



30. “If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.”
    Baruch Spinoza
    If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.



31. “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
    Benjamin Franklin
    Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.



32. “The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.”
    Bernard Meltzer
    The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money.



33. “I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.”
    Bertrand Russell
    I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.



34. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
    Bill Widener
    Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.



35. “The truth is everyone is going to hurt you; you just have to find the ones worth suffering for.”
    Bob Marley
    The truth is everyone is going to hurt you; you just have to find the ones worth suffering for.



36. “It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.”
    Brian Tracy
    It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.



37. “I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.”
    C. S. Lewis
    I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more.



38. “My purpose, practically speaking: a zoo of lusts, a bedlam of ambitions, a nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds. My name was legion.”
    C. S. Lewis
    My purpose, practically speaking: a zoo of lusts, a bedlam of ambitions, a nursery of fears, a harem of fondled hatreds. My name was legion.



39. “Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.”
    C. S. Lewis
    Nothing you have not given away will ever really be yours.



40. “God is man's greatest idea.”
    Camille Paglia
    God is man's greatest idea.



41. “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
    Carl Jung
    Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.



42. “That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.”
    Carl Jung
    That which you most need will be found where you least want to look.



43. “The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.”
    Carl Jung
    The world will ask who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.



44. “Without mistakes there would be no truth. If a man does not know what a thing is, at least he knows what it is not.”
    Carl Jung
    Without mistakes there would be no truth. If a man does not know what a thing is, at least he knows what it is not.



45. “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
    Carl W. Buehner
    I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.



46. “The only joy in the world is to begin.”
    Cesare Pavese
    The only joy in the world is to begin.



47. “If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.”
    Charles Bukowski
    If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise, don't even start.



48. “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.”
    Charles Caleb Colton
    Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.



49. “We must be engaged in the cultural battles – even when we grow weary – for truth is at stake in every arena, and eternal destinies hang in the balance.”
    Charles Colson
    We must be engaged in the cultural battles – even when we grow weary – for truth is at stake in every arena, and eternal destinies hang in the balance.



50. “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.”
    Charles Dickens
    No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it for anyone else.